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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5959 

To promote national security and jobs through the use of natural gas to 

fuel heavy-duty trucks and fleet vehicles. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2018 

Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. LARSON of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 

and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, 

Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To promote national security and jobs through the use of 

natural gas to fuel heavy-duty trucks and fleet vehicles. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Natural Gas Parity Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Extension of alternative fuels credit. 


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Sec. 3. Partial exclusion from excise tax imposed on heavy trucks sold at retail 

for alternative fuel trucks. 

Sec. 4. Credit for new qualified natural gas motor vehicles. 

Sec. 5. Extension and increase of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property 

credit. 

Sec. 6. Liquefied natural gas equivalent for purposes of Inland Waterways 

Trust Fund financing rate. 

Sec. 7. Federal acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles. 

Sec. 8. Research, development, and demonstration of natural gas vehicles. 

Sec. 9. Clean Cities program deployment grants. 

Sec. 10. Diesel emissions reduction settlement amounts. 

Sec. 11. Sense of Congress on the Smartway Program. 

Sec. 12. Sense of Congress on infrastructure and public works projects. 

1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS CREDIT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6426(d)(5) of the Inter3 nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘De4 cember 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 

5 (b) OUTLAY PAYMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS

6 CREDIT.—Section 6427(e)(6)(C) of such Code is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem8 ber 31, 2022’’. 

9 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 this section shall apply to fuels sold or used after Decem11 ber 31, 2017. 

12 SEC. 3. PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM EXCISE TAX IMPOSED 

13 ON HEAVY TRUCKS SOLD AT RETAIL FOR AL14 TERNATIVE FUEL TRUCKS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4051(a) of the Internal 

16 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating para17 graph (5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting after para18 graph (4) the following new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(5) PARTIAL EXCLUSION FOR ALTERNATIVE

2 FUEL TRUCKS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 

4 automobile truck chassis, automobile truck 

5 body, or tractor subject to tax under paragraph 

6 (1) which is fueled wholly or partially by an al7 ternative fuel, the rate of tax shall be reduced 

8 by 35 percent. 

9 ‘‘(B) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—For purposes 

10 of subparagraph (A), the term ‘alternative fuel’ 

11 means compressed natural gas, liquefied natural 

12 gas, liquefied petroleum gas, renewable natural 

13 gas, hydrogen, and any liquid at least 85 per14 cent of the volume of which consists of meth15 anol.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

17 subsection (a) shall apply to sales after the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 4. CREDIT FOR NEW QUALIFIED NATURAL GAS MOTOR 

20 VEHICLES. 

21 (a) NATURAL GAS MOTOR VEHICLE CREDIT.—Sub22 part B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the 

23 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 30E. NEW QUALIFIED NATURAL GAS MOTOR VEHI2 CLES. 

3 ‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—There shall be al4 lowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter 

5 for the taxable year an amount equal to the credit amount 

6 determined under subsection (b) with respect to each new 

7 qualified natural gas motor vehicle placed in service by 

8 the taxpayer during the taxable year. 

9 ‘‘(b) PER VEHICLE DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount determined 

11 under this subsection with respect to any new quali12 fied natural gas motor vehicle is— 

13 ‘‘(A) $7,500, in the case of a new qualified 

14 natural gas motor vehicle which has a gross ve15 hicle weight rating of less than 14,000 pounds, 

16 ‘‘(B) $15,000, in the case of a new quali17 fied natural gas motor vehicle which has a gross 

18 vehicle weight rating of at least 14,000 pounds 

19 and not greater than 26,000 pounds, and 

20 ‘‘(C) $25,000, in the case of a new quali21 fied natural gas motor vehicle which has a gross 

22 vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000 

23 pounds. 

24 ‘‘(2) REDUCED CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PAR25 TIALLY FUELED NATURAL GAS VEHICLES.—In the 

26 case of any vehicle which— 


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1 ‘‘(A) is not fueled wholly by specified nat2 ural gas, and 

3 ‘‘(B) is not equipped with a dual-fuel com4 pression engine that is engineered and designed 

5 to only operate on 90 percent or more specified 

6 natural gas, 

7 paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting for 

8 the dollar amount which is otherwise applicable for 

9 such vehicle an amount equal to 50 percent of such 

10 otherwise applicable amount. 

11 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION WITH OTHER CREDITS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) BUSINESS CREDIT TREATED AS PART OF

13 GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.—So much of the credit 

14 which would be allowed under subsection (a) for any 

15 taxable year (determined without regard to this sub16 section) that is attributable to property of a char17 acter subject to an allowance for depreciation shall 

18 be treated as a credit listed in section 38(b) for such 

19 taxable year (and not allowed under subsection (a)). 

20 ‘‘(2) PERSONAL CREDIT.—For purposes of this 

21 title, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any 

22 taxable year (determined after application of para23 graph (1)) shall be treated as a credit allowable 

24 under subpart A for such taxable year. 


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1 ‘‘(d) NEW QUALIFIED NATURAL GAS MOTOR VEHI2 CLE.—For purposes of this section— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘new qualified 

4 natural gas motor vehicle’ means a motor vehicle— 

5 ‘‘(A) the original use of which commences 

6 with the taxpayer, 

7 ‘‘(B) which is acquired for use or lease by 

8 the taxpayer and not for resale, 

9 ‘‘(C) which is made by a manufacturer, 

10 ‘‘(D) which is treated as a motor vehicle 

11 for purposes of title II of the Clean Air Act, 

12 ‘‘(E) which is fueled wholly or partially by 

13 specified natural gas, and 

14 ‘‘(F) in the case of a motor vehicle which 

15 is not fueled wholly by specified natural gas, 

16 has a driving range on specified natural gas 

17 of— 

18 ‘‘(i) in the case of a motor vehicle 

19 which has a gross vehicle weight rating of 

20 less than 8,500 pounds, at least 150 miles, 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) in any other case, at least 200 

23 miles. 

24 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION TO AFTER-MARKET CON25 VERTED VEHICLES.—The requirement of paragraph 


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1 (1)(A) shall be treated as satisfied with respect to 

2 a motor vehicle if— 

3 ‘‘(A) such vehicle was originally manufac4 tured and certified to operate on gasoline or 

5 diesel fuel, 

6 ‘‘(B) such vehicle has been modified to 

7 have the capability to operate on specified nat8 ural gas, and 

9 ‘‘(C) the original use of such vehicle after 

10 such modification commences with the taxpayer. 

11 ‘‘(3) MOTOR VEHICLE; MANUFACTURER.—The 

12 terms ‘motor vehicle’ and ‘manufacturer’ have the 

13 meaning given such terms under paragraphs (2) and 

14 (3) of section 30D(d), respectively. 

15 ‘‘(4) SPECIFIED NATURAL GAS.—The term 

16 ‘specified natural gas’ means compressed natural 

17 gas, liquefied natural gas, and renewable natural 

18 gas. 

19 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF NEW QUALIFIED

20 NATURAL GAS MOTOR VEHICLES ELIGIBLE FOR CRED21 IT.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a new quali23 fied natural gas motor vehicle sold during the phase24 out period with respect to such vehicle, only the apVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:33 Jun 04, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5959.IH H5959

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1 plicable percentage of the credit otherwise allowable 

2 under subsection (a) shall be allowed. 

3 ‘‘(2) PHASEOUT PERIOD.—For purposes of this 

4 subsection, the phaseout period is— 

5 ‘‘(A) in the case of a new qualified natural 

6 gas motor vehicle described in subsection 

7 (b)(1)(A), the period beginning with the second 

8 calendar quarter following the calendar quarter 

9 which includes the first date on which the num10 ber of new qualified natural gas motor vehicles 

11 described in subsection (b)(1)(A), manufactured 

12 by the manufacturer of such vehicle, and sold 

13 for use in the United States after December 31, 

14 2018, is at least 200,000, and 

15 ‘‘(B) in the case of a new qualified natural 

16 gas motor vehicle described in subparagraph 

17 (B) or (C) of subsection (b)(1), the period be18 ginning with the second calendar quarter fol19 lowing the calendar quarter which includes the 

20 first date on which the combined number of 

21 new qualified natural gas motor vehicles de22 scribed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of sub23 section (b)(1), manufactured by the manufac24 turer of such vehicle, and sold for use in the 


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1 United States after December 31, 2018, is at 

2 least 100,000. 

3 ‘‘(3) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes 

4 of paragraph (1), the applicable percentage is— 

5 ‘‘(A) 50 percent for the first 2 calendar 

6 quarters of the phaseout period, 

7 ‘‘(B) 25 percent for the 3d and 4th cal8 endar quarters of the phaseout period, and 

9 ‘‘(C) 0 percent for each calendar quarter 

10 thereafter. 

11 ‘‘(4) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—Rules similar to 

12 the rules of section 30B(f)(4) shall apply for pur13 poses of this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN RULES.—Rules simi15 lar to the rules of section 30D(f) shall apply for purposes 

16 of this section.’’. 

17 (b) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS

18 CREDIT.—Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (31), by striking the 

20 period at the end of paragraph (32) and inserting ‘‘plus’’, 

21 and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(33) the portion of the new qualified natural 

23 gas motor vehicle credit to which section 30E(c)(1) 

24 applies.’’. 

25 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) Section 1016(a) of such Code is amended 

2 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (37), by 

3 striking the period at the end of paragraph (38) and 

4 inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(39) to the extent provided in section 

7 30E(f).’’. 

8 (2) Section 6501(m) of such Code is amended 

9 by inserting ‘‘30E(f),’’ after ‘‘30D(e)(4),’’. 

10 (3) The table of sections for subpart B of part 

11 IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following new 

13 item: 

‘‘Sec. 30E. New qualified natural gas motor vehicles.’’. 

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

16 December 31, 2017. 

17 SEC. 5. EXTENSION AND INCREASE OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL 

18 VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY CREDIT. 

19 (a) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.—Section 30C(g) of the 

20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

22 2022’’. 

23 (b) MODIFICATION OF DOLLAR LIMITATION.—Sec24 tion 30C(b)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 

25 ‘‘$30,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

2 (1) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.—The amendment 

3 made by subsection (a) shall apply to property 

4 placed in service after December 31, 2017. 

5 (2) MODIFICATION OF DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 

6 The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply 

7 to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 

8 SEC. 6. LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EQUIVALENT FOR PUR9 POSES OF INLAND WATERWAYS TRUST FUND 

10 FINANCING RATE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4042(b)(2)(A) of the In12 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(A) The Inland Waterways Trust Fund 

15 financing rate is 29 cents per gallon (per en16 ergy equivalent of a gallon of diesel, in the case 

17 of liquefied natural gas).’’. 

18 (b) ENERGY EQUIVALENT OF A GALLON OF DIE19 SEL.—Section 4042(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(5) ENERGY EQUIVALENT OF A GALLON OF

22 DIESEL WITH RESPECT TO LIQUEFIED NATURAL

23 GAS.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), the term 

24 ‘energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel’ means 6.06 

25 pounds of liquefied natural gas.’’. 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall apply to any sale or use of fuel after 

3 December 31, 2018. 

4 SEC. 7. FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELED 

5 VEHICLES. 

6 (a) ACQUISITION OF NATURAL GAS VEHICLES BY

7 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, in order 

10 to increase the acquisition of natural gas vehicles, 

11 the Administrator of General Services shall— 

12 (A) review statutory requirements and reg13 ulations for impediments against the acquisition 

14 of natural gas vehicles; and 

15 (B) work with third-party vendors to de16 velop regulations and adopt procedures that will 

17 make the acquisition of natural gas vehicles 

18 easier for Federal agencies, including extending 

19 acquisition cycles and lease periods for 

20 aftermarket converted vehicles and allowing 

21 third-party vendors to offer natural gas vehicles 

22 on a regional basis. 

23 (2) REPORTS.— 

24 (A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one 

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1 the Administrator of General Services shall sub2 mit to Congress an initial report on— 

3 (i) the results of the review conducted 

4 under paragraph (1)(A); and 

5 (ii) the regulations developed and pro6 cedures adopted under paragraph (1)(B). 

7 (B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one 

8 year after the submission of the initial report 

9 under subparagraph (A), the Administrator of 

10 General Services shall submit to Congress a 

11 final report on the impact of the regulations de12 veloped and procedures adopted under para13 graph (1)(B) on the acquisition of natural gas 

14 vehicles. 

15 (3) MINIMUM ACQUISITION REQUIREMENT.— 

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

17 total number of motor vehicles acquired by the Ad18 ministrator of General Services, at least 25 percent 

19 in fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter 

20 shall be natural gas vehicles. 

21 (4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

22 (A) AFTERMARKET CONVERTED VEHI23 CLE.—The term ‘‘aftermarket converted vehi24 cle’’ means a motor vehicle that— 


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1 (i) originally was manufactured and 

2 certified to operate on gasoline or diesel 

3 fuel; and 

4 (ii) has been modified to have the ca5 pability of operating on an alternative fuel 

6 (as defined in section 301 of the Energy 

7 Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211)). 

8 (B) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Fed9 eral agency’’ has the meaning given the term 

10 ‘‘Executive agency’’ in section 105 of title 5, 

11 United States Code. 

12 (C) NATURAL GAS VEHICLE.—The term 

13 ‘‘natural gas vehicle’’ means a motor vehicle 

14 that has the capability of operating on natural 

15 gas, including renewable natural gas. 

16 (D) THIRD-PARTY VENDOR.—The term 

17 ‘‘third-party vendor’’ means any private entity 

18 that is in the business of arranging the lease or 

19 procurement of motor vehicles for other busi20 nesses, or for the Federal Government. 

21 (b) MINIMUM FEDERAL FLEET REQUIREMENT RE22 LATING TO ACQUISITION OF MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY

23 MOTOR VEHICLES.—Subsection (b) of section 303 of the 

24 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) is amended 

25 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(b) PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) LIGHT DUTY MOTOR VEHICLES.—Of the 

3 total number of light duty motor vehicles acquired 

4 by a Federal fleet, at least the following percentages 

5 shall be alternative fueled vehicles: 

6 ‘‘(A) 25 percent in fiscal year 1996. 

7 ‘‘(B) 33 percent in fiscal year 1997. 

8 ‘‘(C) 50 percent in fiscal year 1998. 

9 ‘‘(D) 75 percent in fiscal year 1999 and 

10 each fiscal year thereafter. 

11 ‘‘(2) MEDIUM DUTY PASSENGER VEHICLES AND

12 HEAVY DUTY MOTOR VEHICLES.—Of the total num13 ber of medium duty passenger vehicles and heavy 

14 duty motor vehicles acquired by a Federal fleet, at 

15 least the following percentages shall be alternative 

16 fueled vehicles: 

17 ‘‘(A) 25 percent in fiscal year 2020. 

18 ‘‘(B) 33 percent in fiscal year 2021. 

19 ‘‘(C) 50 percent in fiscal year 2022. 

20 ‘‘(D) 75 percent in fiscal year 2023 and 

21 each fiscal year thereafter. 

22 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—With respect to paragraph 

23 (1) or (2), as the case may be, the Secretary, in con24 sultation with the Administrator of General Services, 

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1 quire a smaller percentage than is required in such 

2 paragraph, so long as the aggregate percentage ac3 quired by all Federal fleets is at least equal to the 

4 required percentage. 

5 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

6 ‘‘(A) FEDERAL FLEET.—The term ‘Fed7 eral fleet’ means 20 or more light duty motor 

8 vehicles, medium duty passenger vehicles, or 

9 heavy duty motor vehicles, located in a metro10 politan statistical area or consolidated metro11 politan statistical area, as established by the 

12 Bureau of the Census, with a 1980 population 

13 of more than 250,000, that are centrally fueled 

14 or capable of being centrally fueled and are 

15 owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled 

16 by or assigned to any Federal executive depart17 ment, military department, Government cor18 poration, independent establishment, or execu19 tive agency, the United States Postal Service, 

20 the Congress, the courts of the United States, 

21 or the Executive Office of the President. Such 

22 term does not include— 

23 ‘‘(i) motor vehicles held for lease or 

24 rental to the general public; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) motor vehicles used for motor ve2 hicle manufacturer product evaluations or 

3 tests; 

4 ‘‘(iii) law enforcement vehicles; 

5 ‘‘(iv) emergency vehicles; 

6 ‘‘(v) motor vehicles acquired and used 

7 for military purposes that the Secretary of 

8 Defense has certified to the Secretary must 

9 be exempt for national security reasons; or 

10 ‘‘(vi) nonroad vehicles, including farm 

11 and construction vehicles. 

12 ‘‘(B) MEDIUM DUTY PASSENGER VEHI13 CLE.—The term ‘medium duty passenger vehi14 cle’ has the meaning given that term in sub15 section (f)(1). 

16 ‘‘(C) HEAVY DUTY MOTOR VEHICLE.—The 

17 term ‘heavy duty motor vehicle’ means a motor 

18 vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating equal 

19 to or in excess of 8,501 pounds, but does not 

20 include any medium duty passenger vehicle.’’. 

21 SEC. 8. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION 

22 OF NATURAL GAS VEHICLES. 

23 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec24 retary of Energy $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 through 

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1 ties with respect to natural gas vehicles, including ad2 vanced efficiency for natural gas vehicle engines, continu3 ation of ARPA–E Methane Opportunities for Vehicular 

4 Energy projects, and development of low nitrogen oxide 

5 or advanced high pressure direct injection engines. 

6 SEC. 9. CLEAN CITIES PROGRAM DEPLOYMENT GRANTS. 

7 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec8 retary of Energy $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 for nat9 ural gas vehicle deployment grants under the Clean Cities 

10 program. 

11 SEC. 10. DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION SETTLEMENT 

12 AMOUNTS. 

13 At least 50 percent of amounts provided for under 

14 a settlement agreement regarding alleged violations of en15 vironmental law in which a defendant agrees to perform 

16 a diesel emissions reduction Supplemental Environmental 

17 Project under subtitle G of title VII of the Energy Policy 

18 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16131 et seq.) shall be used for 

19 alternative fuel vehicle deployment grants. 

20 SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SMARTWAY PRO21 GRAM. 

22 It is the sense of the Congress that— 

23 (1) the Smartway Program of the Environ24 mental Protection Agency should include recognition 

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1 mental benefits of using domestic natural gas, in2 cluding renewable natural gas; 

3 (2) the Environmental Protection Agency 

4 should incorporate incentives that reward businesses 

5 that deploy natural gas trucks; and 

6 (3) such incentives should specifically quantify 

7 and reward users for the full fuel cycle emission re8 ductions associated with using renewable natural 

9 gas. 

10 SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND 

11 PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. 

12 It is the sense of the Congress that— 

13 (1) any future infrastructure and public works 

14 legislation should include incentives that encourage 

15 the greater use of domestic natural gas; 

16 (2) the increased use of abundant, low-cost do17 mestic natural gas provides numerous economic and 

18 environmental benefits that could be further encour19 aged by rewarding projects and programs that pave 

20 the way for expanded use of natural gas such as up21 grading or extending natural gas pipelines, expand22 ing access to natural gas in areas underserved by 

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1 cilities and other industrial or commercial centers; 

2 and 

3 (3) such legislation should encourage businesses 

4 to use natural gas to fuel motor vehicles and 

5 nonroad equipment by providing a point scoring sys6 tem that rewards businesses with not less than a 10 

7 percent and no more than a 20 percent advantage 

8 for using natural gas to fuel a majority of their vehi9 cles used to carryout infrastructure development or 

10 public works projects. 

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